Seamanship: Compiled from Various Authorities, and Illustrated with Numerous Original and Select Designs, for the Use of the United States Naval AcademyD. Van Nostrand, 1868 - 699 páginas |
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... Yard - To get a Lower Yard down inside the Rigging - To Fish a Lower Yard- Topsail Yard ... Yards - To fid Topmasts and send up Lower Yards -Cutting away Masts - In ... Head and Stern - Second Method - To keep Hawse Clear- Clearing Hawse ...
... Yard - To get a Lower Yard down inside the Rigging - To Fish a Lower Yard- Topsail Yard ... Yards - To fid Topmasts and send up Lower Yards -Cutting away Masts - In ... Head and Stern - Second Method - To keep Hawse Clear- Clearing Hawse ...
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... head at north , count six points from thence to the right hand , or towards ... yard when braced up , and ( d ) the direction of the wind . In practice , the yard is ... yards so as to lie within five points of the wind . P C a South NbW ...
... head at north , count six points from thence to the right hand , or towards ... yard when braced up , and ( d ) the direction of the wind . In practice , the yard is ... yards so as to lie within five points of the wind . P C a South NbW ...
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... head girtlines , in rigging ship , etc. Sometimes mispronounced gantlines . Hanging - Blocks . The term applied to ... yards , but long since given up . Jeer - Blocks are large double or treble blocks for reeving the purchases for sending up ...
... head girtlines , in rigging ship , etc. Sometimes mispronounced gantlines . Hanging - Blocks . The term applied to ... yards , but long since given up . Jeer - Blocks are large double or treble blocks for reeving the purchases for sending up ...
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... head , six sevenths of that at the tressle - trees . The top - gallant masts ... Yards , Booms , & c . The length of the main yard is ten elevenths of that of the mast ; its ... YARDS , ETC. The scarfings of all yards are SEAMANSHIP . 89.
... head , six sevenths of that at the tressle - trees . The top - gallant masts ... Yards , Booms , & c . The length of the main yard is ten elevenths of that of the mast ; its ... YARDS , ETC. The scarfings of all yards are SEAMANSHIP . 89.
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... yards , used when preparing for ac- tion , are made of chain and go around the mast - head . Topmast Shrouds should be cut the neat length from topmast- head to fil , and fitted in all respects like the lower - rigging , with the ...
... yards , used when preparing for ac- tion , are made of chain and go around the mast - head . Topmast Shrouds should be cut the neat length from topmast- head to fil , and fitted in all respects like the lower - rigging , with the ...
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Términos y frases comunes
abaft aloft anchor bend bight boat boom bowline bowsprit braces buntlines burton cable capstan chain clear clew Cloth cringle deck downhaul eye-bolt fathoms fitted fore foresail forward furl furling sails grommet guns guys halliards Haul taut hawse hawser head yards heave heel helm hemp hitch hoist hook inches jiggers keep knot laniard lashing length let go lifts lower yards luff mainsail mast mast-head mizzen outhaul overhaul pass pendant pendant-tackles Plate port purchase quarter ratline ready reef reeve rigging rope round round seizing rove RUNNING RIGGING sail secured seizing sennit shackle sheave sheer sheet ship shrouds side single block slack slings spanker spar splice square standing starboard stay staysail stern stopper stowed strain strap studding-sail tack tackle thimble tide toggle top-gallant topmast topsail trysail turns upper veer vessel weather weight whip wind yard-arm yarns
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Página 363 - ... so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of twenty points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light ten points on each side of the vessel, namely, from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on either side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least five miles.
Página 363 - ... from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the port side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least two miles.
Página 359 - The points to be aimed at are, first and immediately, the restoration of breathing ; and secondly, after breathing is restored, the promotion of warmth and circulation. The efforts to restore...